2 Timothy 3:13 - Exposition

Impostors for seducers , A.V. Evil men ( πονηροί ). In 2 Timothy 4:18 it is παντὸς ἕργου πονηροῦ . The adjective is applied indifferently to persons and things—evil men, evil servants, evil persons, evil generation, evil spirits, etc., and evil deeds, evil fruits, evil eye, evil works, etc. Satan, the embodiment of evil, is ὁ πονηρός . Impostors ( γόντες ); only here in the New Testament. In classical Greek γόης is a juggler, a cheat, an enchanter. St. Paul still had the Egyptian magicians in his mind. Shall wax worse and worse ( προκόψουσιν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ); see above, 2 Timothy 4:9 , note.